Belt.



W. F. LOTT.

BELT.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED PEB. 2e. 190e.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

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WILLIAM F. LOTT, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 RUBBER & CELLULOIDHARNESS TRIIVIMING CO., A CORPORATION OF NEW' JERSEY.

BELT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14C, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM F. Lorr, citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in belts; and,the present invention relates, more particularly, to that class of beltswhich are provided at one end with a receiving` loop, buckle, or similardevice through which the other end-portion of the belt is adapted to bepassed and brought into holding or fastened relation therewith.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide a neat andsimply constructed belt which can be easily and quickly secured aboutthe waist of the wearer; and, furthermore, to provide a belt having itsbuckle or fastening-provided end made of an ornamental marginalconfiguration, this endportion of the belt being made of greater widththan the remaining portions of the body of the belt, which are ofuniform width across any portions of the body of the belt except at theextreme free end of the belt which is provided with the usual pointedpart, so that the strap can be readily passed through the receiving loopor buckle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a belt or strap of thegeneral character herein set forth in which said wide part of the bodyof the belt, directly back of the receiving loop, buckle, or similarfastening device, is provided with a pocket directly back of the loop orbuckle, in which the free end-portion of the belt or strap, after it hasbeen passed through the loop or buckle, is arranged, so that the saidend-portion of the belt or strap will not be visible, and will provide aneater appearance of the belt, when worn, than when the end-portion ofthe belt or strap extends directly over the face of the belt, andproducing very often an unsightly appearance.

A further object of this invention is to do away with the necessity ofthe usual narrow strap-loop sewed to and extending across the face ofthe body of the belt or strap, and to provide a belt which shall be freefrom any unsightly projections upon the face thereof.

Vith the various objects of my present invention in view, the saidinvention consists, primarily, in the novel belt or strap hereinafterset forth; and, the invent-ion consists, furthermore, in the novelarrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the details of theconstruction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims whichare appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a plan view of a belt or strap embodying theprinciples of the present invention, showing the respective end-portionsof the belt or strap in their disconnected or separated relations; Fig.2 is a similar view of the belt or strap, showing the two endportions ofthe belt or strap in their connected relation, with the free end-portionof the belt or strap inserted in the pocket; and Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal vertical section of the two connected end-portions shown insaid Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the drawings, the reference-character l indicates thecomplete belt or strap, which may-be made of any suitable material,preferably leather.

As indicated in the several figures of the drawings, the belt comprisesa main body or strap-portion 2, the one end-portion 3 of which isusually pointed, as at 4, so as to provide a tab, and is preferablyprovided with suitably disposed holes or perforations 5. At its oppositeend the said body or strap-portion 2 is provided with a member orelement 6, which is made of greater width than the uniform width of thesaid body or strap-portion 2, the member or element 6 being of anysuitable and ornamental marginal configuration.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. l, 2 and 3 of the drawings, itwill be seen, that the said member or element 6 is made separate fromthe main body or strap-member 2, said member or element consisting of anouter face member- 7 provided near its widest end-portion with alaterally extending opening S, and having its free end 9 looped aroundthe bar 11 of a buckle 10, or other suitable fastening, the buckle inthis case being provided with the usual retaining tongue 12. Suitablyarranged upon the back of said face-member 7 is a back-piece or member13, of the same marginal configuration as the face-member 7. The twomembers 7 and 13 are placed upon each other, with the end 14; of thebody or strapportion 2 between the ends 15 and 16 of the members 7 and13, andthe end-portion 17 of the member 13 arranged between the loopedor folded over parts 9 of the facemember 7, the various parts then beingsuitably secured at their respective ends and along their marginal edgesby means of the sewed stitches 1S.` In this manner, as will be clearlyseen from an inspection of Fig. 3 of the drawings, a suitable pocket 20is provided, said pocket being closed at its ends and sides, and thelaterally extending opening S providing an entrance to said pocket, aswill be clearly understood.

From the foregoing description it will be clearly seen, that I haveproduced a simply constructed belt or strap having a pocket, which isclosed at its ends and sides, but is provided in its face with anopening for the reception of the free end or tap-end of the main body ofthe belt or strap, and that the said tab-end can be more easily slippedinto and along the interior of said pocket, the inner surfaces of thesaid back-pieces or members 13 and 2f may be enameled, as`

indicated at 27 and 2S, respectively in Figs. 3 and of the drawings.

I claim 1. A belt comprising a main body or strap-portion of a uniformwidth, said body being provided with a tab-end having perforations, anend-element of greater width than said main body of the belt, saidelement consisting of a face-inember and a back-member between which theother endportion of said main body of the belt is arranged, said faceand back-members being stitched together at their ends and sides to forma pocket, and the face-member being provided with a laterally extendingopening forming an entrance into said pocket for the reception of thetab-end of the belt, said face-member being formed with a looped end,and a buckle connected with said looped end and secured by means of saidend to said face-member, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. A belt comprising a main body or strap-portion of a uniform width,said body being provided with a tab-end having perforations, an endelement of greater width than said main body of the belt, said elementconsisting of a face-member and a backmember between which the otherend-portion of said main body 0f the belt is arranged and secured, saidface and backmembers being secured together to form a pocketfor thereception of the tab-end of the belt, a buckle connected with one ofsaid members, and the face of said back-member within said pocket beingenameled, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A belt comprising a main body or strap-portion of a uniform width,said body being provided with a tab-end having perforations, an endelement of greater width than said main body of the belt, said elementconsisting of a face-member anda back-member between which the otherendportion of said main body of the belt is arranged, said face andback-members being stitched together at their ends and sides to form apocket, the face-member being provided with a laterally extendingopening forming an entrance into said pocket for the reception of thetab-end of the belt, said face-member being formed with a looped end, abuckle connected with said looped end and secured by means of said endto said face-member, and the face of said backinember within said pocketbeing enameled, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this tenth day of February, 1908.

IVILLIAM F. LOTT.

Witnesses Fnnnk. C. FRAENTZEL, ANNA H. ALTER.

